Hochul unveils plans to station hundreds of NYPD in overnight subways
Only half the cash needed for the six-month surge is lined up — and Hochul asked for the remaining $77 million in the budget plan she unveiled Tuesday.
The request still needs the approval of state lawmakers in Albany, potentially leaving New York City on the hook if legislators fail to bite.NYPD officers preparing to patrol subway trains at the Brooklyn Metropolitan Avenue Transit Bureau Special Operations Division on Jan. 20, 2025.Until the money is lined up, the NYPD likely would have to front the overtime for the 300 officers who’ll ultimately patrol the trains, a source familiar with the talks said.
The lingering funding questions still didn’t stop the surge’s kickoff Monday – and Mayor Eric Adams and NYPD Chief of Transit Joseph Gulotta provided more details the next day on how the effort will take shape. The surge began on the A, G, J and L lines, with two officers as planned going on each train, Gulotta said.“It was very successful,” he said. “We were able to get them out onto those trains.”MTA conductors will announce to straphangers that cops are on the trains, he said.The attack unfolded near the Dekalb Avenue stop around 2:45 a.m., and the victim was taken to a local hospital in stable condition, police said.
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